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After reading this article of yours I thought I would meander over to your profile (in other words look at the right sidebar of your blog and read the “about me” section).

In that section you say:

“I recently gave myself an unusual challenge: EVERY DAY I have to do ONE THING that I've never done before...or that scares me...or that just sounds fun. I came up with the idea simply because I was in a rut. This is MY version of a Life List - not necessarily things-to-do-before-I-die, but things to do NOW that'll hopefully make every day livlier.”

A casual analysis opens up several interesting things….

This is an unusual challenge which is why it is interesting….

You present life as an adventure, exploration, or even as a kind of “dare” of sorts which is interesting…

You came up with the idea because you were “in a rut”…but now it seems the life list has put you back into “a rut”….I humbly ask….could it possibly be that just like buying things or receiving things actually doing things cannot fulfill the human heart and soul? Perhaps we are designed for more?

Could it be that relationship with one another which is also interesting, and wonderful and buying and receiving and doing which can also be interesting and wonderful are not meant to fulfill because they are finite but instead they are to be seen as large signs or guide posts pointing at relationship with the Other which is an infinite adventure, and exploration and relationship?

regardless if you choose to continue it seems like you have done a lot of great things and accomplished some set goals you had put off (beach house). i think it's amazing that you have done it for this long and perhaps you don't need to continue. just embarking on the project is enriching in itself and surely there was growth and learning. if it seems like a chore now perhaps the list is no longer needed. . .

And if you like the idea of Life Lists, check out my novel, THE NEXT THING ON MY LIST. It tells the story of a woman who is trying to complete a Life List for someone who died before she had a chance to finish it herself.